MVRDV today revealed "Marble Arch Hill," a temporary installation next to London's Marble Arch. It is a hollowed-out mountain based on a scaffolding structure designed to create a rendered interest in the surrounding area, which connects Oxford Street and Hyde Park.

The design introduces a park-like landscape that climbs over the artificial mountain, giving visitors a 25-meter-tall viewpoint to see the surrounding area from a new perspective. Marble Arch Hill uses a scaffold structure on its base that will support the plywood and soil layers needed to hold the outer grass "skin." 

"This project is a wonderful opportunity to give an impulse to a highly recognizable location in London," said MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas in a statement. "It’s a location full of contradictions, and our design highlights that. By adding this landscape element, we make a comment on the urban layout of the Marble Arch, and by looking to the site’s history, we make a comment on the area’s future. We enlarge the park and lift it at the corner. Marble Arch Hill strengthens the connection between Oxford Street and the park via the Marble Arch. Can this temporary addition help inspire the city to undo the mistakes of the 1960s, and repair that connection?"